General CLE Credit

1.0 hours

Description

The June Lunch & Learn CLE program will be held on June 14, 2012 from 12 noon - 1:30 p.m. at The Foundry - On The Fair Site. A buffet lunch will be provided.

The program features Mary Beth Maddox, Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP and John P. Dreiser, Law Offices of Tony Farmer & John Dreiser on the topic of "Workers’ Compensation: The view from both sides of the fence".

This presentation will cover changes in recent case law affecting the Tennessee Department of Labor guidelines, viability of future medical benefit provisions, why you should pay attention to required forms, and other hot topics from both sides of the fence

John P. Dreiser

John P. Dreiser is an attorney with the Law Offices of Tony Farmer and John Dreiser in Knoxville, where he practices in the areas of personal injury, Social Security disability, workers’ compensation, wrongful death, products liability and toxic torts. He has successful appellate experience before the Tennessee Court of Appeals, Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel, and the Supreme Court of Tennessee. Mr. Dreiser has lectured previously for the American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians regarding the AMA Guidelines of the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment to both lawyers and physicians, as well as other seminars on Social Security Disability, medical records and workers’ compensation. He wrote “Hearing a Good Case” in the Tennessee Trial Lawyer, first quarter 2003 issue. Mr. Dreiser is a member of the American Association for Justice, Tennessee Association for Justice, Workplace Injury Litigation Group, and NOSSCR (National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives). He earned his B.S. degree with honors from Ball State University and his J.D. degree, with honors, from The University of Tennessee.?

Mary Elizabeth Maddox

I have spent most of my life in East Tennessee. After briefly living in Nashville and Memphis I moved to Maryville, Tennessee where I attended Maryville High School. After graduation from the University of Virginia, I returned to Tennessee where I attended the University of Tennessee College of Law. When I graduated in 1994, I joined a private practice in Knoxville and eventually went to practice with Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP in 1998, where I became a partner in 2003. I have had many valuable experiences in 16 years of practice. My current civil litigation practice focuses primarily on workers compensation, tort and employment defense. I enjoy litigation and welcome the challenge of court appearances and trials. I spend quite a bit of time at various offices of the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development and frequently work with the administrative appeals process. I am also listed as a Rule 31 certified family law mediator in the State of Tennessee. Although I zealously represent each of my clients, I believe that one of my greatest strengths is helping my clients avoid unnecessary litigation and unnecessary costs.